A Marijuana Stock with a Dividend to Buy Now

A marijuana stock with a dividend combines the benefits of owning a high-growth-potential stock with the benefit of receiving regular income payouts...

Legal marijuana sales in North America in 2016 totaled $6.7 billion. By 2025, legal sales in North America are projected to reach $24.5 billion.

That's a 265.67% sales increase in just nine years, and the top-tier cannabis companies will watch their sales skyrocket. More sales will create more demand for pot stocks.

Marijuana stock with a dividend

And that demand will help send marijuana stock prices higher.

For marijuana stocks with dividends, those dividends can purchase more shares through dividend reinvestment programs (DRIPs). They can also be used for quarterly income, as well as helping offset losses if a stock price falls.

Now, some investors might not consider the stock we're about to mention as a "pure" marijuana stock investment. The company doesn't directly produce or sell cannabis.

But it does offer a tracking service cannabis businesses and governments are signing up for within the legal marijuana industry.

That allows investors to profit from the pot industry without the risk of owning stock in a company selling a product that's still illegal under federal law.

And because this stocks pays a dividend, investors can use DRIPs to maximize their future returns.

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Check out how reinvesting dividends into this one stock brought triple-digit returns over the last 20 years - and how you can start a dividend reinvestment strategy right now...

This Marijuana Dividend Stock Has Climbed Over the Last 20 Years

By reinvesting dividends into buying more of the same stock, you can amplify your gains over time.

Take a look at how dividends boosted the return on this "pot stock" we're going to show you...

If you invested $10,000 on Nov. 21, 1997, and reinvested the dividends in the pot stock we're about to mention, your shares today would be worth $71,635.43.

That's a profit of 616%.

In comparison, a $10,000 investment in the Dow Jones Industrial Average would now be worth just $45,078.28.

That means, with the help of dividends, this stock performed 58.91% better than the Dow.

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But if you missed out on these massive gains, it's okay. This company still pays a dividend yield of over 2%, and one analyst projects the stock price will climb 45% in the next 12 months, according to FactSet.

However, you need to own this pot stock with a dividend today to maximize your long-term profit potential...

This Marijuana Stock with a Dividend Could Climb 45%

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The "marijuana stock" with a dividend to own today is Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT).

We know what you're thinking: Microsoft is a tech giant. Over 400 million devices run Windows 10, and Microsoft Office has been downloaded 340 million times on iPhones, iPads, and Android devices.

But Microsoft's advanced cloud technology will help investors profit from marijuana without the speculative risk of a penny stock.

Plus, Microsoft pays a 2.01% dividend yield, which is the sort of added income you won't find in a penny stock.

Microsoft is a leader in the cloud computing market, with $6.7 billion in revenue from its Azure cloud service in Q3 2017.

And cloud computing is going to be essential for the marijuana industry.

In June 2016, cannabis compliance firm KIND Financial partnered with Microsoft to run its software through Microsoft's cloud.

"I think 2017 is going to be the year where things really pull together," Money Morning Director of Technology & Venture Capital Research Michael A. Robinson said on CNBC World on Jan. 4, 2017.

KIND uses technology to track marijuana plants from "seed to sales." Cannabis growers will register each plant they grow with the state government, as well as the sale of each marijuana bud from the plant.

This ensures dispensaries are compliant with local and state laws, and the need for KIND's services is only going to increase as states legalize marijuana

There is no information on Microsoft's revenue from KIND. But by 2018, MSFT expects to generate $20 billion in commercial cloud revenue alone.

And because of Microsoft's long list of products and services, investment firms are bullish on the MSFT stock price.

In the next 12 months, one analyst expects the MSFT stock price will climb to $120 per share, according to FactSet. From today's opening price of $82.74, that's a potential profit of 45%.

On top of that projected price climb, Microsoft stock also pays a dividend of $0.42 per share, which is a yield of 2.01%.

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